Category: OTHER SPORTS
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18th Title for Both Chinese Teams, World Champions Defeat European Champions
Dortmund-Germany, April 01, 2012: Title Chinese Teams,The winners two years earlier in Moscow, China retained their Men´sTeam title at the LIEBHERR World TeamTable Tennis Championships in Dortmund on Sunday 1st April 2012, and thus held high the Swaythling Cup for an unprecedented 18th time. At the final hurdle, China overcame Germany as they did in…
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IRB confirms pool draw for Glasgow Sevens
Dublin-Ireland April 01, 2012: The IRB has confirmed the pool draw for round 8 of the HSBC Sevens World Series, the Emirates Airline Glasgow Sevens to be played at Scotstoun Stadium on 5-6 May 2012. The draw was made live on television before the Cup final of the Tokyo Sevens, the seventh round of the…
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Australia strike gold to win Tokyo Sevens, Lapasset Hails Wonderful Tokyo Sevens
Australia strike gold, Australia defeated Samoa 28-26 in dramatic fashion in the final of the Tokyo Sevens to become the fifth Cup winners in the HSBC Sevens World Series 2011/12. 19-year-old Matt Lucas held his nerve to slot a long-range conversion in the dying seconds after his captain Ed Jenkins had crossed to level the scores.…
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Boy Band’ leader ready to be on song in Melbourne Perkins escapes serious injury in car clash
Melbourne Perkins, If the leader of Australia’s world champion team pursuit squad was worried about the rapidly improving form of arch rivals and reigning Olympic champions Great Britain, then Bobridge certainly wasn’t going to admit it. The Brits scorched the boards on Wednesday in an impressive hit out at the training venue for this week’s…
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IRB Partners With HSBC to Deliver Leading Coaching Website
Leading Coaching Website, The IRB’s popular coaching website www.irbcoaching.com has received a massive boost with the announcement that HSBC has partnered with the innovative resource to ensure that more men, women and children around the world are able to experience and enjoy Rugby by being coached the best-possible techniques. The innovative website, which is currently…
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Suzhou to host 2015 World Championships
ITTF membership now 217-strong, 2015 World Championships 2015 World ChampionshipsThe Annual General Meeting of the International Table Tennis Federation takes place annually during the World Table Tennis Championships. For the 2012 congress held today in Dortmund, 133 National Associations sent delegates (furthermore 7 associations had proxies for voting). By the end of the meeting the ITTF…
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5th Aerobic Gymnastics World Age Group Competitions
SOFIA (BUL) – LAUSANNE (SUI), FIG Office, April 02, 2012: The President of the FIG Aerobic Gymnastics Technical Committee, Mireille Ganzin (FRA), has proceeded on Wednesday to the drawing of lots of the 5th World Age Group Competitions and the 12th World Championships of the discipline, to be held respectively May 29 – 31 and…
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Top Players Lead WSF Ambassador Programme to Malawi & Nambia
Malaysia’s record six-time world squash champion Nicol David will lead this year’s WSF Ambassador Programme visit to Malawi and Namibia, from 7-13 June, accompanied by Egypt’s former world junior champion Mohamed El Shorbagy. The Ambassador Programme international promotional initiative was launched by the World Squash Federation last year – taking two of the world’s leading players,…
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IRB Chairman Excited by Tokyo’s HSBC Sevens World Series Opportunity
World Series Opportunity, IRB Chairman Bernard Lapasset believes that Tokyo’s hosting of an HSBC Sevens World Series event will have long-term benefits for the growth of Rugby throughout Japan and across Asia. The record-breaking Series will return to Japan’s capital for the first time since 2001 and, judging by advance ticket sales and fever-pitch interest,…
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ITTF; Racket Control Regulations to be Changed
Racket Control Regulations, The ITTF Board of Directors Meeting was held today 29 March 2012 at Westfallenhallen Congress Centre in Dortmund. Here are the main decisions: Junior Championships: The next World Junior Table Tennis Championships will be organised in Shanghai, China in 2014, and in Vendée, France in 2015. Racket control: Racket control shall be…